Stirred Art
Recipes · Cold weather classics
Irish Coffee
In 1943 chef Joe Sheridan made it at Foynes, Ireland, for passengers whose flying boat had turned back in bad weather. One of them asked if it was Brazilian coffee.
Ingredients
- 4 oz 120 mlCoffee
- 2 barspoonsBrown Sugar
- 1½ oz 45 mlIrish Whiskey
- 1 oz 30 mlLightly Whipped Cream
- built
- mug
- No garnish
Method
- Warm the glass with hot water, then pour it out.
- Add 4 oz hot coffee and 2 barspoons brown sugar.
- Stir until the sugar dissolves.
- Add 1½ oz Irish whiskey.
- Float 1 oz lightly whipped cream on top.
Foynes, ireland, 1943
“No, that’s Irish coffee.”
Taste
How the Irish Coffee tastes
It's mostly creamy, bitter and sweet. In the app, your own taste shows on top of this chart as a dashed line.
Know what you'll like before you order it
Photograph a bar menu and Stirred Art puts the drinks closest to your taste first. Add your bottles and it shows what you can make tonight.
